Compulsory Measures Court

The Compulsory Measures Court is an institution of Swiss Criminal law. It rules on the provisional detention of an person, as well as on other compulsory measures.

Competences

A decision of the Compulsory Measures Court is required to order the following measures:

Provisional detention;
Detention for security reasons;
Other compulsory measures;
DNA sampling;
Surveillance of correspondence;
Technical surveillance measures;
Surveillance of banking relationships;
Mission of an undercover agent;

Other compulsory measures do not need to be referred to the Compulsory Measures Court, such as the.
Compulsory measures infringe fundamental rights and must comply with a number of conditions, including the principle of proportionality.